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It is frankly unbelievable that a bar called “The Pit” is not caked with beer stains and cigarette ashes.
“Whether students showed up or not, I used to be in a lecture room for an hour a week.”
The Rhodes Scholarship, established in 1903 by Cecil Rhodes, remains one of the oldest and most prestigious international graduate scholarship programs in the world. Around one hundred recipients are selected every year.
Evans also cited uncertainty about voter turnout in this year’s online election as a reason for no AMS-initiated referenda.
How does one adapt to the Blundstones and Patagonia fashions that Vancouver is known for?
This year, more than most, you should give a damn.
Instead of endorsing any candidates outright, we've laid out their strengths and weaknesses and the issues they care most about.
According to section IX, article 2, subsection 15 of AMS code, candidates must reject any endorsements from current AMS executives. However, Nanayakkara’s ties with ThePlug mark a situation that isn’t explicitly covered.
The fourth-year biology student’s platform centres equity across prongs of affordability, online learning, climate action and support for students writ large.
His platform is based on boosting UBC in Canadian university rankings, minimizing tuition increases and improving equity and inclusion measures.
Running for a third term, Max Holmes says he will continue the work he’s already started at the Board of Governors.
Mehrizi is running for one of two UBC Vancouver student seats on the Board of Governors on a platform of graduate student support, professional development support and stopping tuition increases.
Dante Agosti-Moro has sat on Senate for the last two years. He called running for Board the “next logical step” in his advocacy at the university.
Third-year political science student Emmanuel Cantiller is running to be a senator-at-large in the hopes of making life easier for students amid the pandemic.